. >>> finally, santa's elves may have competition in japan. penguins at an aquarium have taken on the role of santa's little helpers. in the evening they have the special task of switching on the christmas lights, but before you get excited, by day, all they do is lounge around and do little to nothing so basically it's sort of their civic duty to do the whole lights thing. that is the news. back to erica and willie. >> you say about time. >> you're cute, we love you, put you on tv every other day the least you can do -- >> a little something. >> come on. >> what's with the santa getup? the costumes worked well for them. >> black and white and red all over. >> we are on fire this morning. thanks. >>> dylan is here with a check of the weather. >> we are talking about a good deal of snow in portions of minnesota, back through the dakotas as >>> the only thing falling out of the sky is liquid, raindrops, mist and drizzle. the bulk of the rain across parts of suburban and northern maryland but more rain down across the southern parts of the shenan